Academic Service Learning Component

Beginning in the fall of 2004, the University Honors Program incorporated an "Academic Service-Learning" component.  All newly-enrolled Honors students are required to complete at least three semester hours of service-learning prior to graduation. (As with all Honors courses, only a grade of (B) or higher will satisfy requirement).  Partnering with the ECU Volunteer Center, the University Honors Program will assist students in meeting this requirement by offering a comprehensive list of service-learning courses, designed to meet a wide variety of needs and interests.

Service-learning is a teaching method which combines community service with academics. As a result, students are given opportunities to improve critical and reflective thinking skills, and develop civic responsibility. Service-learning presents opportunities for exposure to social problems and forms a civic engagement, and is itself, a form of experiential education under which students learn through well-designed service experiences that meet community needs and relate to a particular area of the curriculum.

Volunteer and Service-Learning Center

The Pirate Tutoring Center is a community partner with the ECU Volunteer and Service Learning Center. This enables all peer tutors to receive service hours while tutoring on campus. For more information, access their website at http://www.ecu.edu/volunteer/.